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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
The ironic part about Pointman's narrative is that he initially supported Russia against weaker Ukraine then suddenly changed their mind when it became apparent that they might be conscripted for military service and fed into the meat grinder. At that point they abandoned their native country and fled to another only to support similar military action against another weaker enemy and espouse some of the most dark and hateful rhetoric on this topic. There are some incredible mental gymnastics required to maintain the positions they do when they "fled for their life" from their homeland and have been in this new country for less than a year. I'm not sure how someone squares these things.
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This needs to be called out, if not reported. It's blatant false and basically a defamation of a fellow CPer. First, I never suppoted Ukranian war, as evident by my posts in Ukranian thread, such as this:
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Originally Posted by Pointman
I am terrified at how horrible war is and that it's my country that is doing it. I don't understand why there's such a thing as "war crime", as it seems to imply that the war itself somehow is not a crime. Like a war is ok as long, as you play it by some rules. It should not be like this. War itself should be a crime. Killing military should be as much of a crime, as killing civilians, because soldiers are humans too.
Mostly I want this to end soon and never happen again. Because of this, I want Russia to fail hard. Much like USA stopped being so aggressive after a major failure in Iraq. I want this war to prove that invasions don't work and one should never try to do it again.
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Originally Posted by Pointman
We are.
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Also the argument that I "changed my mind" and decided to leave Russia only after forced conscription kicked in is false. The truth is that I have applied for Israeli citizenship as soon, as in March 2022, a month after the war started and long before Putin declared mobilization. At that point most western analytics still expected Russia to win soon. However the waiting lines were so long, that I had to stay in Russia for the whole summer, and then in September Putin declared mobilization. Which forced me to emergently flee the country, however it is well-documented that I decided to leave long before the risk of conscription was even on the horizon
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Originally Posted by Pointman
Yes, effects of sanctions are slowly creeping in. First off, we can't fly to US or Europe as there are no direct flights. Then we have no Instagram/Facebook/Twitter and some people were living off accounts or at least used them for promotions. I planned to make a course to sell on Udemy, but now I can not. I can't take exams for any IT certificates. Me and my wife considered enrolling our 6 years old into an online USA school, but now it's going to be problematic. Groceries prices are up like twice. I don't drive so I don't know about gas. Our company has started layoffs and massively cutting costs. Annual bonus is out of question. At this point losing a job is by far the biggest threat for an average Russian. Finding a new job after layoff is a tough ask in current environment.
Yet, more mundane parts of lives are still the same. Shops are still full, services are reliable and as long, as people can keep their jobs, they are somewhat alright.
Also, we have started a repatriation to Israel process. Waiting time is extremely long due to demand, but hopefully by 2023 I will be done with this country.
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Originally Posted by Pointman
That's exactly what I am doing, but waiting time to get Israel citizenship is over a year now. And most have no chance to get a residency in another country.
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